G4, 5, 6 | DUQUESNE (1-2) at PARADISE JAM
Fri., Nov. 19, 2021 • 5:45 pm ET • St. Thomas, V.I. • U. of Virgin Islands Arena (3,000)

LIVE STREAM: ESPN3 with Brad Wells & Kevin Lehman
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2021 PARADISE JAM SCHEDULE
at University of Virgin Islands Arena | St. Thomas, Virgin Islands | Nov. 19-22, 2021
Bracket One:  Bradley vs. Colorado;  Brown vs. Creighton
Bracket Two:  Northeastern vs. Duquesne;  Southern Illinois vs. Colorado
 
Fri., Nov. 19 -- Northeastern vs. Duquesne -- 5:45 p.m. ET
Sat., Nov. 20 (if lose) -- vs. Southern Illinois or Colorado -- 5:45 p.m. ET
Sun., Nov. 21 (if win) -- vs. Southern Illinois or Colorado -- 8:00 p.m. ET
Mon., Nov. 22    vs. Brown, Bradley, Colorado State or Creighton -- TBD
Nov. 22 game will be at 1:00 or 3:15 pm (losers bracket) or 5:45 or 8:00 pm ET (winners bracket)

TRENDING

• Freshman guard Jackie Johnson III, who had six points in DU's first two games, scored 27 off the bench vs. Weber State. It was the most points off the bench by a Duke since Jordan Stevens had 27 at Abilene Christian on Nov. 22, 2014.
• Johnson III scored 18 of DU's 27 second-half points vs. WSU.
• Freshman guard Primo Spears was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on Monday after averaging 15.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals in DU's first two games.
• First-year transfer Leon Ayers III has eight steals in three games. He had 36 in 29 games last year at Mercer.
• First-year Indiana State transfer Tre Williams, who led the Missouri Valley Conference in blocks last season (37), leads the Dukes with seven rejections.
• Williams, who went 3-of-10 from the 3-point arc in 55 games at ISU, is 2-of-9 from the arc through three games at Duquesne.
• DU has shot under 40 percent in its first three games: .393 vs. Rider, .379 vs. Hofstra and .356 vs. Weber State.

VS.NORTHEASTERN
Series Record: Tied 1-1
Dambrot vs. Northeastern: First meeting

Dec. 27, 1985    N1 (OT)    L    81-88
Nov. 23, 1999    H              W    87-77
N1 - Connecticut Mutual Classic, Hartford, Conn.

NOTES: Colonial Athletic Association ... located in Boston, Mass. ... the series is tied at 1-1 ... this is the first meeting since an 87-77 Duquesne win at the Palumbo Center on Nov. 23, 1999 ... Wayne Smith led five of Darelle Porter's Dukes in double figures with a game-high 20 points ... Northeastern won the first matchup on Dec. 27, 1985, 88-81, at the Connecticut Mutual Classic ... the Huskies are the second CAA team on DU's early schedule ... DU lost to Hofstra, 73-63, on Nov. 13 ... Northeastern was picked to finish second in the CAA preseason poll ... Soph. G Jahmyi Telfort and Sr. G Shaquille Walters were both named preseason second team All-CAA ... the Huskies return nine letterman and have added five newcomers, four of which are transfers ... NU is in its 16th season under head coach Bill Coen ... Coen is the all-time wins leader at Northeastern.

VS. COLORADO
Series Record: Tied 1-1
Dambrot vs. Colorado: First meeting

Jan. 2, 1940         H1 (OT)    W   47-45
Mar. 15, 1940       N1             L    40-51
H1 - at Pitt Stadium;   N1 - NIT, Madison Square Garden, New York City, N.Y.

NOTES: Pac-12 Conference ... located in Boulder, Colo. ... this is the first meeting between the two since 1940, when the two met twice in a span of 10 weeks ... that season, the Dukes defeated the Buffs, 47-45 (OT) in Pittsburgh on Jan. 2, before Colorado gained a measure of revenge with a 51-40 win in the NIT championship game on Mar. 15 at Madison Square Garden ... DU went on to become the first team to play in both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same season ... 6-9 soph. F Jabari Walker is one of 20 players on the watch list for the 2022 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award ... senior Evan Battey was named to the media's preseason All-Pac-12 Team ... CU was picked to finish sixth in the media poll ... the Buff's are in their 12th season under head coach Tad Boyle ... Boyle ranks second on Colorado's all-time wins list ... Duquesne is 9-10 all-time (1-6 in neutral-site games) vs. schools that comprise the current Pac-12 ... DU's last game vs. the Pac-12 opponent was at Arizona on Nov. 9, 2011, when the T.J. McConnell-led Dukes fell to the #16 (AP) Wildcats 67-59 ... Duquesne's last win over a Pac-12 team came on Dec. 26, 1975 over Oregon (78-74) in the first round of the Far West Classic in Portland, Ore. ... Keith Dambrot is 2-1 all-time vs. the Pac-12, with all three meetings coming while at Akron ... he has won his past two vs. the Pac-12, including an 83-71 win over Oregon State in the 2013 Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu and a 66-46 win over USC in the 2014 Charleston (S.C.) Classic.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Series Record: Southern Illinois leads 1-0
Dambrot vs. SIU: 0-1 (at Duquesne)

Dec. 23, 2017     N1    L    64-74
N1 - Las Vegas Classic, Las Vegas, Nev.

NOTES:  Missouri Valley Conference ... located in Carbondale, Ill. ... this is the second meeting between the Dukes and Salukis ... SIU defeated DU, 74-64, at the Las Vegas Classic on Dec. 23, 2017 ... it was head coach Keith Dambrot's 13th game at Duquesne ... SIU returns 97 percent of its scoring from last season, including its top eight scorers ... seven returnees started 10 or more games last year ... Marcus Domask, the 2020 MVC Newcomer and Freshman of the Year, who missed the final 16 games of 2021 with a foot injury, is back in 2021-22 ... Domask was averaging 16 ppg. in 10 games prior to his injury ... Domask  (Second  Team)  and  Lance  Jones  (Third  Team)  were  named  to  the  preseason  All-MVC  teams ... SIU was picked fifth in the MVC preseason poll ... SIU is in its third season under head coach Bryan Mullins ... in his first season, Mullins took a roster with 10 newcomers - and picked to finish last in the MVC - to a 10-8 league record and fifth-place finish ... Duquesne is 23-15 all-time vs. schools that compose the current MVC ... Keith Dambrot is 3-4 all-time vs. the MVC, including a 1-1 mark at Duquesne (a loss to Southern Illinois at the Las Vegas Classic and win over Indiana State at the Junkanoo Jam last year).


LAST GAME
Weber State 63, Duquesne 59
Nov. 15, 2021 • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Game 3 Recap

• Weber State held Duquesne scoreless over the final 1:31 to pull away for a 63-59 win at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.
• Jackie Johnson III came off the bench to lead the Dukes with 27 points. Johnson III scored 18 of DU's second-half points.
• Kevin Easley Jr. was the only other Duke in double figures with 10 points (all in the first half).
• The Dukes shot .356 and turned it over a season-high 20 times.
• Duquesne's largest lead was 11 (34-23) with 19:21 left ... Weber State's largest lead was five (57-52) with 3:49 to go  ... there eight ties and seven lead changes before Weber State took the lead for good on Koby McEwen's free throw that made it 60-59 with 1:03 to go ... Duquesne led for 27:58 ... Weber State led for 5:46.